Can't Have It Both Ways On Tannehill
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And his weaknesses?
I think I know why you gave yourself the name - Gravity
Gravity is nominated for best film. It's the story of how George Clooney would rather float away into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age," Fey said at the awards.
While no one can defy gravity, perhaps gravitas would have been more appropriate because you are very serious.
Gravity is nominated for best film. It's the story of how George Clooney would rather float away into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age," Fey said at the awards.
While no one can defy gravity, perhaps gravitas would have been more appropriate because you are very serious.
Scotty P
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Actually the point was that, when you have a QB who's still getting used to the speed of the game, throwing additional complexity into the offense could very well result in game-changing mistakes.
And Belichick has done that all the while with a QB who's effective and flexible enough to run just about any kind of offense. Tom Brady is the facilitator of Bill Belichick's ingenuity. Surely you don't think a raw Ryan Tannehill, in his second year in the league, offered the same capacity for Mike Sherman? I think, rather, that the emphasis was likely on facilitating Tannehill's development, rather than Tannehill's facilitating anything Sherman might want to do in the way of Belichick-like ingenuity.
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truedolfan57
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tannehill said he liked throwing on the run. whether it's designed, a naked bootleg, or something that's spontaneous. But that rarely happened. I think if the qb says he likes to do something, means he's comfortable, and capable of doing it. Did Sherman listen? nope.
There are drawbacks to moving a QB out of the pocket. Throwing on the run might be a strength of Tannehill's, but I don't think we should believe that playing to that strength wouldn't have come at a price.
truedolfan57
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This is true, I agree that having a running qb increases the chances of the qb getting injured. but I also believe there's a time and place to take those risks. Not saying it should be implemented all the time, or even half the time, but I have seen plenty of times, where a bootleg would have helped out a 2nd or 3rd and long play, where the defense pinned their ears, and just pummeled tannehill. roll outs, screens, etc all would have increased their chances of moving the ball. rather than sitting in the pocket and getting sacked a team high 58 times.
It's not only injury, but taking the whole field and removing a substantial portion of it as an area to which to throw. Try throwing all the way to the right sideline, or even the right half of the field, when you've rolled out to your left. You've just made it quite a bit easier for the coverage personnel to defend you.
And that's part of the overall point here, that it's awfully easy for us to sit here on our computer keyboards and propose that X, Y, or Z change in the offense would've made Tannehill play better, when really we know nothing about that. It's entirely possible that the 2013 offense maximized what Tannehill was capable of at the time.
truedolfan57
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if you watched the games, and not go by just stats, you'd be able to see that tannehill was not utilized to his fullest potential. He used to be a WR, so he has some speed. When he was able to run, he's been fairly successful. defenses knowing this, will have to gameplan for a qb that's able to get outside of the pocket and essentially extend plays. And yes, because i'm not tannehill or any of the coaches on the team, there is a possibility that tannehill isn't capable of learning a more complex playcalling, but I think that possibility is way smaller than tannehill not being used the correct way.
truedolfan57
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and I think the owner was able to see the same thing. which was the reason for the firing of the OC. I think that if the head coach truly believed that Sherman used tannehill to his fullest potential, or at least able to get creative, then he probably would have fought tooth and nail to keep him. I think the possibility that Sherman sucked is much greater than Sherman dumbing down the playcalling because tannehill couldn't handle it.
